pelagic in Portuguese
pelagic in Portuguese is pelágico — pelagic means living in the open ocean, away from the coast.
pelagic in Portuguese
pelágico
(biology) Living in the open sea rather than in coastal or inland waters.
What does "pelagic" mean?
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adj Living in the open ocean, away from the coast.
"Besides, seeing a shark in an aquarium tank is not the same as seeing a shark in the wild, in its natural, pelagic habitat."
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adj Relating to the sea.
"Drifting idly around a broad oceanic arc, the bottle collides softly with tens of thousands of pelagic plastics all colonized by hard-shelled organisms, including barnacles, coralline algae, foraminifera and bivalve molluscs."
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- Besides, seeing a shark in an aquarium tank is not the same as seeing a shark in the wild, in its natural, pelagic habitat.
- Drifting idly around a broad oceanic arc, the bottle collides softly with tens of thousands of pelagic plastics all colonized by hard-shelled organisms, including barnacles, coralline algae, foraminifera and bivalve molluscs.
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What is "pelagic" in Portuguese?
"pelagic" in Portuguese is pelágico. pelagic means: Living in the open ocean, away from the coast.
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